Pro Cup gives coaches chance to experiment

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WITH the Scottish professional club season already starting to run out of matches, the Bank of Scotland Pro Rugby Cup, which should get under way at Netherdale tonight, is not only the last chance for young players to stake their claims for World Cup places, but the first chance this season the coaches have had to experiment.

So far, the clubs have been facing the seven-game sprint of the Celtic League, where a couple of defeats would send them plunging down the table, followed by the even more cut-throat competition of the Heineken Cup or the Parker Pen Challenge Cup.